Copyholder



June 30, 1925 W, A. HOMAN JOPYHOLDER Filed Aug. 18- 1922 Patented June30, 1925.

UNITED STATE gPAT-ENT OFFICE.

WALTER A. I-IOIvIAN, or DENVER, ooLonano, ASSIGNOR To THE HUMAN oomrnnv,A CORPORATION or COLORADO.

COPY HOLDER OOPYI-IOLDER.

Application filed August 18, 1922. Serial No. 582,677.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER A. HOMAN, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Copyholders; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to copy holders of p the type employed inconnection. with typewriters.

It is well known that it is necessary for efficient typewriting to havesome means of holding the copy where it can be conveniently seen. Manydifferent kinds of copy I holders have been invented and offered forsale,'and yet it is obvious that very few of them are in use, whichwould indicate that the present copy holders are defective-in someimportant particular.

It is the object of this invention to produce a copy holder that shallbe free from most of the serious faults of those heretofore employed. Itis evident that the copy to be followed should be held in such aposition that the operators head and eyes need not constantly be shiftedin order to see the copy and to observe the workings of the machine. Itis also very important that the copy shall be supported in such aposition with respect to the machine that the focus of the eyes need notbe appreciably changed when shifting from the copy to the machine, andvise versa. It is the object of this invention to devise a copy holderthat shall embody both of the characteristics referred to above andwhich shallat the same time permit the copy to be conveniently placedtherein and removed therefrom; which shall permit a new page of copy tobe quickly and conveniently exposed, and which shall be of simple designand neat appearance. The above advantages, and others which will appearas the description proceeds, are obtained by means of a constructionwhich I will now describe, reference being had for this purpose to theaccompanying drawing, 1n which I r V Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of atypewr1terequ1pped with my improved copy holder;

Ijig. 2 shows a side elevation of a typewriter equipped with my copyholder; Fig. 3 is a broken side elevation of a portionof my copy holder;

Flg. 4: is a section taken on line 4-4, Flg. 3;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a modification; and

Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the form shown in Fig. 5,

Numeral 1 represents a typewriter of well known make having a keyboard 2and a platen 3. To one of the sides 4 of the typewriter framework Isecure a copy holder supporting bracket, which consists of a clampingmember 5 provided with a set screw 6. To the bottom of the clamp 5 Isecure a base member 7,,to the outer end of. which I fasten a verticaltubular member 8, which is adapted to receive the vertical portion 9 ofthe copy holder sup A screw 11 passes porting member 10. through thetubular member 8 and serves as a stop orsupport for the end. of thevertical'member 9. A plurality of holes 12 may be provided, if desired,so that the height of the holder can be adjusted to fit any type oftypewriting machine. Rotatably and slidably connected to the supportingmember 10 is a cylindrical copy holding member which consists of acylinder 13 having opposed end members 14: soldered or otherwise securedthereto. A tubular member 15 extends axially through the cylinder 13 andserves as a bearing for co-operating with the rod 10. The cylinder 13 isprovided near each end thereof with two angularly spaced openings 16 fora purpose which will hereinafter appear. Cylinder 153 is of such adiameter that the circumference thereof exceeds the length of the paperwhich is to be secured thereto. For the purpose of holding the copy inplace on the cylinder, I provide two clamping members 17 and 18 whichare arcuate'in-cross section and have end portions 19 which extendinwardly through the slots 16. To the ends of the inwardly extendingportions 19 I con- When the copy 23 is to be secured to the cylinder,the lower edge of clamping memher 18 is raised from the surface of thecylinder and the 'upper edge of the copy in serted therebetween. Thelower end of the copy is then wrapped around the cylinder and clampedbeneath the upper edge of clamping member 17 in the manner clearlyindicated in Figs. 2-and Clampingmember 17 is provided with a cutoutportion 24, into whichthe thumb can be inserted whenever a new page isto be exposed. Pivotally connected to the supporting rod 10 are twoplate-like members 25, which have a portion 26 thereof extending beyondthe outer circumference of the cylinder. These projecting ends areconnected by a bar 27 which serves as an indicator or guide. In order toprevent the plates 25 from rotating with the cylinder and also 7 for thepurpose of moving the same on the rod 10 in accordance with the movementof the carriage and laten 3, I secure to or form integral with theplates 25 downwardly extending arms 28,

which are provided at their lower ends with a slot 29, which engages theplaten bearing 30 just inside of the knobs 31. Arms 28 are either madeentirely of resilient material and ofsuch thickness that they .yieldslightly as the carriage moves, or they may have a resilient portion 32which yields. The object in makingt-he arms28 yielding is that by thismeans the intermittent move ment of the carriage will cause a constantmovement ofthe copyliolder, for the reason that there is considerablefriction between the tube 15 and the rod 10, and that there isconsiderable inertia inherent in the copy-' holder and therefore it willlag slightly behind the movements ofthe carriage when the armsconnecting thetwo are resilient. I consider this to be an importantfeature of my invention and therefore desire to emphasize it. 7

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a slightly modified embodiment of myinvention. In this modified form the plates 25*. are each provided withan outstanding ear 33, to

which is pivotally secured an indicator 34, whose upper edge rests-onthe copy and'indicates the line to be copied. I

The. plates 25, instead of having an integral arm 28 connected thereto,have similar arms 28 secured thereto by means of a clamping screw 35.Arms 28, like arms 28,

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have slots 29 that engage the spindle 30 and are also made resilient inthe manner above explained. The object of making arms 28 movable withrespect to plates. 25 is to secure a slight adjustment of the level ofthe indicator 34, as this may be desirable in order to secure the mostcomfortable ar. rangement. v

' The operation of my device is as follows.

Thecopy 23, is secured in place beneath the each line. of copy, butwhere a manuscript;

isto be copied, this relation does not necessarily exist. Where the copyis. typewritten, it is desirable that the. copyholder move in unisonwith the carriage, as by this means the word to be copied will bedirectly over the ,place where the printing takes place and the operatorcan see one or the other by merely moving, the .eyesa slight distance upand down. Where the copy isin longhand orv in shorthand, it is notessential that the copy move with the carriage, but as. a rule itcausesvno inconvenience and is therefore not objectionable. I wish, atthis point, to. call attention to thefactthat since the copy 23-occupiesa'position directly above the platen, the distance of the two from theopera-tors eyes is. substantially equal and therefore the eye does notrequire to change its focus in looking from the one to the other as isinvariably necessary wherethe copy is laid on the table or supported tocopyholder may then be rotated about the part 9 so as to'be out oftheway. Whena page of copyhas been written, the operator merely placeshis thumb in the cut-out portion 24 and presses slightly onthefinger'22. A page is then. peeled off from the copy and is turnedover so as to expose a new page. a

From the above it is apparent that I have produced an improvedcopyholderthat is so designed that the copy is held ina positiondirectly over theplaten so that the dis-' tance to-either is so nearlyequal that the eye will not have to change its focus as the operatorlooks from one to the other. My

improved copyholder is also constructed so that it moves with thecarriage and has means whereby the intermittent motion of the latterproduces a continuous movement of the former. My copyholder can bequickly and conveniently moved out of the way and is so designed thatthe copy may be easily and quickly shifted so as to present a new page.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A copyholder comprising a cylindrical member having a pair ofclamping members secured thereto a horizontal suaaortine' 7 a member,means for slidably and rotatably securing the cylindrical memberthereto, and means for permtting the supporting member to be rotatedabout a vertical axis.

2. A copyholder comprising, in combination, a cylindrical copyholdingmember, means for securing the copy tothe outside thereof, and means forslidably and rotatably supporting said copyholding member.

3. A copyholder comprising, in combination, a cylindrical copyholdingmember, means for securing the copy to the outside thereof, and meansfor slidably and rotatably supporting said copyholding member, and meansfor permitting said copyholder to be rotated about a vertical axis.

4. In combination, a typewriter having a movable carriege, a copyholder,means for slidably and rotatably supporting said copyholder in operativerelation to the typewriter, and means connected to said holder andengaging said carriage whereby the movements oi the latter will cause acorre sponding movement of the former.

5. In combination, a typewriter having a movable carriage, a copyholder,means for slidably and rotatably supporting said copyholder in operativerelation to the type writer, and means connected to said holder andengagaing said carriage whereby the movements of the latter will cause acorresponding movement of the former, said means being resilient wherebythe inter- 'mittent movements of the carriage will cause a substantiallyuniform movement of the latter.

6. In combination, a typewriter having a movable carriage, a bracketsecured to the typewriter, a horizontal bearing member secured to thebracket by means which permit the bearing member to rotate in ahorizontal plane, a cylindrical copy holding member rotatably andslidably secured to said bearing member, and resilient means for causingsaid copy holder to move in accordance with the movement of thecarriage.

7. A copy-holding member comprising a bearing member, a cylindricalcopy-holder slidably and rotatably secured thereto, a pair of spacedclamping members secured to said cylinder, resilient means for holdingsaid clamping members in place, a plate secured to each end of saidcylinder, an indicating member joining said plates, and means secured tosaid plates and extending to the carriage for transmitting the movementof the latter thereto.

8. A copy-holding member comprising a bearing member, a cylindricalcopy-holder slidably and rotatably secured thereto, a pair of spacedclamping members secured to said cylinder, resilient means for holdingsaid clamping members in place, a plate secured to each end of saidcylinder, an indicating member'joining said plates, and means secured tosaid plates and extending to the carriage for transmitting the movementof the latter thereto, said means being adjustable with respeet to theplates.

9. A cylindrical copy-holding member having longitudinal arcuateclamping members secured thereto, and resilient means for securing saidclamping members in place, with both edges thereof contacting with thesurface of the cylinder.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WALTER A. HOMAN.

